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Creative credit card donation scam

Robert Weiner

I would like to make everyone aware of a recent situation here that is most likely a scam to launder stolen credit card funds, appearing as a gift. A $9,000 gift is received and approved from an unknown entity (in this case a “Cassandra Harvey”), with Smyrna, GA address, Yahoo email and legitimate phone number.

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Preventing Fraud on our Online Giving Pages

Robert Weiner

Kirsten Williams , Associate Director, Gift Services. The credit card scam/fraud attempt that many nonprofits have experiences starts with a very large online gift from an unknown donor. For example, if you tend to get 40 gifts overnight, you may see 400 or even 4000.). Those gifts are typically for less than $5. ·

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6 fun things our ads team tried at end of year

M+R

World Wildlife Fund and The National Geographic Society ran these animated rich media ads across Yahoo display, which featured countdowns to midnight on December 31. Sharethrough is a display exchange that we ran through our partners at Yahoo, focused on user experience and delivering additional inventory.

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What is Corporate Philanthropy? What Nonprofits Need to Know

Nonprofits Source

This often involves direct donations but can also include in-kind gifts, volunteer time, pro bono services, and other forms of support. Corporate sponsors can offer much-needed donation influxes, whether cash or in-kind gifts. Microsoft offers a similar ad grant program for their websites such as Bing and Yahoo.

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My Triple Ripple of Kindness: Helping Women in San Jose and Kenya

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It comes from Apple’s Silicon Valley neighbor, Yahoo. The program is called How Good Grows , a holiday event that is part of Yahoo’s CSR program. They want to encourage and highlight small acts of kindness that can trigger big ripples and at the same time drive awareness and adoption of a new feature in Yahoo!

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Is Privacy for Everyone (Including Donors) Dead?

Bloomerang

When this came to light, Yahoo was in the midst of negotiations to sell the company to Verizon. Instead, during a sensitive time, Yahoo found itself publicly announcing that it had been hacked—the largest in history—by a “state-sponsored actor.” In that case, they probably should not be in operation anyway. .

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Changing the World One Gift at a Time: An Interview with Deron Beal of the Freecycle Network

Have Fun - Do Good

I was a member of my neighborhood association at the time, and that was a Yahoo group, so I said, "Why not just set up a Yahoo group? I sent out one email to 30 or 40 friends and a handful of local nonprofits announcing the start of this Yahoo group. Every gift you give away, you don't mail it somewhere.